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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: background layout
From:       William Leese <yatsu () wanadoo ! nl>
Date:       2003-01-30 5:18:31
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Alistair Davidson wrote:
> Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
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>> hi all...
>>
>> a new background dialog has been committed to CVS. there's a bit of a 
>> disagreement over some layout issues. screenshots can be seen at:
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>>     http://urbanlizard.com/~aseigo/screens/bgdialog/
>>
>> i'd welcome some input.
> 
> 
> Good job, far tidier and more logical than the old one :)
> 
> One thought on making it tidier yet: the "solid background" checkbox 
> could be removed in favour of having a "no fill" option in the colour 
> selection widget, with "no fill" as default... this is how 
> wordprocessors tend to do it, so it's familiar, and does handily 
> simplify te bottom of the dialog.
> 

I disagree. "Use solid background behind text" is almost plain english 
while "no fill" is a term which one needs to be familiar with.

- wvl

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